ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,701, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating bio-information" was invented by Myoung Hoon Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kun Sun Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Young Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoon Jae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Seok Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeong Eun Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor including one or more light sources configured to emit light to an object and a plurality of detectors configured to detect light reflected from ...